A county order can hire a lot of masters.

Among them, the most important one is the money and food, and the famous master of the punishment.

saw Zhu Cijiong's magical methods, how could the two of them let him go.

Not to mention anything else, just this hand of turning decay into a magical medical skill is enough to make the two fall in love.

What Zhou Changqing got was the famous master, this is the most important position, and Zhou Changqing opened his mouth to give up this position......

Zhu Cijiong repeatedly said that he didn't want to get involved in officialdom, either he would listen to him, or he would continue to play the world, and Chen Mei and the two had to give up.

The letter of the master of money and grain was given to Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong accepted the title of Master Qian Liang, and he said that although he would not be resident in the county government, he would help Chen Mei and make the townships in the Beishan District of Neixiang County rich.

With this, coupled with Zhang Shili's position as a county lieutenant, the countryside in this inner countryside is already Zhu Cijiong's world.

……

The big cottage is in the southeast corner of the Danjiangkou Reservoir in the later generations, surrounded by mountains, there are more relics of the Great Wall of Chu, the monuments are abundant, and the terrain is entrenched.

Zhang Siyuan hurriedly greeted him: "Your Highness, how is it?" ”

On the first day of the county commander's son's illness, Zhang Siyuan got the news.

For the Baishui Zhang family, as long as they want to know that a certain master in the local government has a fart, the Zhang family will also get the news within an hour.

In fact, many old Chinese medicine practitioners know how to treat earthworm venom......

It's just that the Zhang family's words have been put down, and which doctor dares to get along with the Zhang family?

The Zhang family is not only a big family in this generation, but also a great family for generations!

And the county magistrate ......

If you do two terms in one place, you have to roll up and get out!

"Hand to hand." Zhu Cijiong smiled and took out the seal letter in his arms.

"Good! Good! ”

Zhang Siyuan high-fived and sighed, but instead frowned and said: "Your Highness, this trip is too dangerous after all, if Your Highness is found out......"

Zhu Cijiong took off the winter warm hat on his head, carried the two fake whips on the hat, and played with them in his hands.

Hearing this, he laughed:

"Uncle is too worried, the people who follow me are all good hands of the Zhang family, and there are nineteen knights who follow me all the way back to secretly escort them, don't say that it is a small county yamen, even if it is the palace, it is not easy to enter and exit!"

"Your Highness loves to take risks too much, this is too risky!" Zhang Siyuan is still a little worried.

"Nothing, nothing!" Zhu Cijiong threw his hat to the old eunuch who greeted him: "I'm waiting for a while, you, even if I am in danger, I won't go!" ”

Zhang Siyuan smiled bitterly, and he spoke: "Your Highness, the caravan has brought back the sweet potatoes and other things you asked me to find, and there is also something called pumpkin. ”

"Pumpkins are a good thing!" Zhu Cijiong smiled: "Uncle, this is a baby, this pumpkin, along the ditch, regardless of the size of the plot, can be planted, and the yield is not low!" ”

He pointed to the foot of the mountain: "Before, I was deeply saddened by the fall of my family and country, and I was in a state of confusion every day, and I actually ignored the people's livelihood under my feet, and today I ...... this way."

Zhu Cijiong sighed: "People's livelihood is difficult! ”

He sat in a sedan chair, and the people along the way, the people who wore shoes, but eleven, and more than ninety percent of the people, walked barefoot......

Even, including the Lifu who carries the heavy burden!

From the point to the surface, you can guess what kind of living standard the local people have.

Speaking of this, Zhang Siyuan's face was not good-looking.

"Your Highness, this inner countryside is quite good, if you cross the Zhejiang River and enter the Yunyang territory, the people's livelihood over there will be difficult!"

Zhang Siyuan sighed: "After the Zhejiang River, the mountain range over there is even bigger, known as the seven mountains, two rivers and half fields......"

He took a deep breath, a man in his forties, and there were tears in his eyes:

"The fields over there are scarce, the products are not abundant, and after a year of hard work, they can't even mix a half-full, and the old people of the common people's families, once they can't work, will look for a cave in the mountains and place people in it......"

"The beautiful name is called the old man's cave, but in fact it is ......"

Zhang Siyuan sighed: "When outsiders asked, they said, send a meal, add a piece of bricks and stones, and wait until when they die of old age to seal the entrance of the cave, but in fact, it is ......."

"If it is an ordinary family, it will send three meals before the entrance to the cave is blocked, and the old man will starve to death, if it is a poor family, it will ......"

He wiped a handful of tears viciously: "After a bowl of porridge, the door of the cave will be sealed!" ”

"When I was in the Ming Dynasty, Yunyang was included in the governance office during the Chenghua period, and I also visited the door to create a civil register, during which an official asked - why don't you see the elderly in the village?"

"The villagers don't dare to tell the truth, and they say that the mountains are big and the forests are dense, and the old people are lost in the mountains and forests, and during the lost period, the celebrities died in the ditch......"

Zhang Siyuan lowered his head and didn't let Zhu Cijiong see his face, his voice was already different, his nasal voice was very nasal, and he even continued to choke:

"These old people can't do it, in order to save food rations and let the next generation live, they have to die from father to son, and their ancestors have been killing themselves like this for generations!"

"I've suffered all my life, and in the end I'm going to lose my life!"

“……”

Zhu Cijiong was shocked.

He had heard the story.

In his previous life, he heard this story at a buddy at the mouth of the Danjiang River, and even the grandmother of the buddy's daughter-in-law was put into the old man's cave.

If it weren't for the fact that his father-in-law couldn't get over his conscience, he carried the old man back, and went out to work in the second year, saving food rations and earning money to support the family, his grandmother would have been gone in nine years......

This guy said that his grandmother is over 90 years old, and her body is still very strong, and she can still feed chickens at home!

This story, buddy said with a smile, claiming that the policy is good now, and his father-in-law was arrested without a license back then, and he lost 80 pounds in three months......

……

Land!

Land again!

Damn the land!

……

After all, why did this custom disappear in later generations?

It boils down to the prevalence of part-time jobs.

In some places, even if they produce 10,000 catties per mu, it is difficult to feed the people - because they have less than five cents of land per capita!

……

"Uncle pick some family offspring, and then look for some lonely young men from the market."

Zhu Cijiong was a little excited.

He can foresee that for a long time, he will not be able to change this situation, and at most he will make one or two improvements......

Zhang Siyuan hid his face and left.

Your Highness has grown up......

However, he must know the people's livelihood!

This is what Zhang Yan begged him for.

It is also the dying entrustment of Lord Chongzhen......

Zhang Yan said that she didn't want to watch Zhu Cijiong take the old path of the first emperor, so she deliberately asked Zhang Siyuan to find a time to inform this young master of the people's suffering.